Carthagena Lock

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Carthagena Lock
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Below the lock
Carthagena Lock
Interactive map of Carthagena Lock
51°44′37″N0°00′08″W / 51.743566°N 0.002108°W / 51.743566; -0.002108
Waterway River Lee Navigation
County Hertfordshire
Essex
Maintained by Canal & River Trust
OperationManual
Length85 feet (25.9 m)
Width16 feet (4.9 m)
Fall5 feet (1.5 m)
Distance to
Bow Creek
17.5 miles (28.2 km)
Distance to
Hertford Castle Weir
8.8 miles (14.2 km)

Carthagena Lock (No7) is a lock on the River Lee Navigation at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England.

Directly behind the lock is Carthagena Weir, part of a fishery which also includes two lakes and a section of the Old River Lea. To the east of the lock is the Nazeing Mead complex of lakes which incorporates part of the River Lee Flood Relief Channel.

Vehicular access is via the B194 Nazeing New Road. Pedestrian and cycle access is via the towpath which forms part of the Lea Valley Walk.